Ceremonial staff, Côte d'Ivoire, Baule, Size: H: 76 cm (H: 29.9 inch), ID: 3035194

←prev / next→

Lot 148

74th tribal art auction

Ceremonial staff · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3035194

sold EUR 1,000

Provenance

Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany
German Private Collection

Size

H: 76 cm

H: 29.9 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, decoration nails, carved with a standing male (with long chinbeard) and a female arranged on top of each other, showing similar facial features, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, some decoration nails missing, fine cracks, socle

Comparing literature

Boyer, Alain-Michel & Patrick Girard et.al., Arts premiers de Côte d' Ivoire, Sepia 1997, p. 112, ill. 117

Similar objects

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: Figurally carved ceremonial staff
1/6
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule/Akye: Figurally carved ceremonial staff
sold EUR 400
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: Dignitary staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: Dignitary staff
1/3
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: Dignitary staff, end of 19th century
1/3
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: Figural carved dignitary staff in colon style
1/3
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule: Rare dignity- or altar staff
sold EUR 800
1/5
Gabon, Fang: Ceremonial staff
D. R. Congo, Tabwa: Ceremonial staff
sold EUR 500
1/5
D. R. Congo, Rungu/Tabwa/Luba: Ceremonial staff
1/3
Benin, Fon: Ceremonial staff
Nigeria, Yoruba: Ceremonial staff
sold EUR 250
1/4
Tanzania, Makonde / Makua: Ceremonial staff
sold EUR 650
Angola, Luena/Ovimbundu: Ceremonial staff
sold EUR 800
Nigeria, Yoruba: Ceremonial staff
sold EUR 700

Subscribe to our newsletter

Join over 10,000 tribal art collectors. Don't miss out on upcoming news and auctions.

Subscribe today